Manifolding machine



Patented Nov. 22, 1932 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARL WILLIAM BRENN, OF MONTGLAIB, NEVT "JERSEY; ASSI GNOR TO AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER COMPANY, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY MANIFOLDING MACHINE Application filed June 25,

This invention relates to manifolding machine and more particularly to improvements therein relating to the storing of record copies. p l i In practice, it is frequently the case that a person .who purchases a manifolding machine of the type which issues all of the strips as separatetickets, desiresto change the systems used so thata record of the transactions will be held secure against tampering in the register.

'Heretofore, such a change hasnecessitated the purchase of a new machine of the recorder type, in which type the record strip was sometimes allowed to fall haphazardly intoa storage compartment, and sometimes in a neat pack of severed tickets. V

The present invention, with these conditions in mind, provides means in the form of an attachment, to a, preexisting register of the non-record type, for storing record tickets in a substantially inaccessible position.

Another object of theinvention is to provide improved means for causing the recordslip to be stacked in a net zig-zag folded pile in the storage compartment.

Other objects and advantages'will hereinafter appear. g

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one form of the invention that at present preferred:

Figure 1 is a top plan of the register made in accordance with this invention, showing parts broken away to reveal underlying parts.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective ViGW- of a means for causing the strips to automatically refold and form a neat zig-zag folded pile.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the register proper 10 is of common or ordinary construction and comprises side plates 11 at the forward end of which is moun ted suitable feed mechanism 12 for de- 1926. Serial No. 118,473.

17 and an upstanding front wall 18, constituting the forward limit of the supply compartment 19 in which the supply of strips are held in the form of a zig-zag folded pack, the folds occurring at prepared perforations be tween form lengths or tickets. 7

According to the present invention, a storage compartment 20 is attached to the forward end of the register proper 10. This compartment 20 is provided with side walls 21, shaped at their rearward ends to match with the ends of the walls 11 of the register, so that when the'compartment 20 is in place, the walls 21 thereof and thewa-lls 11 of the register proper will form two continuous walls extending across the side of the machine.

The compartment 20 also comprises a bottom or floor 22 upon which the stored record strips are supported and it is provided with a front wall 23 and a cover 24, hinged at 25 by means of which access to the compartment is had when a lock 26 is opened.

For the purpose of securing the record compartment 20 to the register proper 10, each side wall 21 is provided with an extending ear 27, having a hole therein, adapted to align with a pre-existing hole in the side wall 11 of the register proper, so that a bolt 28 may be passed through the extending ear 27 and the side 11 and securely fastened and placed therein.

For the same purpose, the bottom or floor 22 of the compartment is' extended rearwardly to underly the bottom 17 of the register and it is provided'with holes, aligning with holes in the bottom of the register for to the standard register, it is merely necessary to bring the rear portion of the compartment 20 into alignment with the register and fasten the two together with bolts 28 and 29.

With the parts in such positions, the lowermost strip 30 is guided from the feed mechanism 12 under the cover 24, and thence it is allowed to accumulate in the storage comartment 20. The other strips which are to be severed in ticket lengths and removed from the machine, are guided over the cover 24 and under the knife 15 and in this condition the are fed onto the cover 24 from whencet ey may be grasped to be torn along the edge of the knife 15.

In order to prevent disarrangment of the strips, which should be arranged as above described with relation to the cover 24, the latter is provided with a rearward extension 31, adapted to extend under the knife 15 and sufliciently far behind the knife to prevent the englls; of the strips from falling below the ta Q In cases where the hood 16 and knife 15 are not readily removable, it is preferable for this purpose, to hinge the extension 31 upon the cover 23 as by hinges 32. This construction enables the extension 31 to be swung downwardly so as to slide under the knife 15 when the cover 24 is being closed and it permits the reverse operation to take place when the cover is being raised to give access to the storage compartment.

As above stated, the record strip 30 may be permitted to enter the compartment 20 and haphazardly accumulate therein to be removed and arranged by hand later. However, the present invention provides means for assisting the record strip in refolding itself along the creased and perforated ends of the forms or tickets, which is the condit-ion itis in when held in the supply compartmeat 19.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a breaker 33, extending downwardly into the storage compartment 20 at the entrance of the compartment. This breaker puts sufficient weight upon the stretch of the strip when it is in the position shown in Fig.

2 to cause it to recrease or fold at these perforations, when the perforated parts reach the forward end of the supply compartment.

In order that the breaker may accommodate itself to papers of different thicknesses and qualities, so that it will always exert just the proper force for the kind of paper used, the breaker is not rigidly mounted on the cover 24, but instead is connected thereto by a link 34, the link being pivoted on a hinge member 35. secured to the cover 24, the link 34 being pivotally connected to the breaker 33. Consequently. when heavy or stiff paper strips are used, the breaker '33 rides upon the freestretch of the strip as shown in Fig. 2, always exerting a downward pressure thereon until the strip is refolded, whereupon it hangs down in position to be engaged by the next free stretch.

The breaker 33 and its link 34 being located to the rear of the lock 26, act as a deflector to prevent the paper from striking the lock and being thus disarranged.

It should be understood that the breaker may be provided in a register which is initially built with a storage compartment and that it is not essential that the record compartment constitute a separate unit so far as the provision of the breaker is concerned.

It should also be understood that the record compartment as a separate unit, may be provided without the breaker, and that it may be provided with any suitable means for holding or arranging the record forms or strips therein. 7

Various modifications may be made within the scope of this invention and portionsof the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and for which I desire to obtain Letters Patent is:

. 1. An attachment for a manifolding register having a box-like frame at the delivery end of which a severing knife is fixed against intentional removal from operative position,

said attachment comprising a box adapted to be secured to the delivery end ofcthe register for storing a stri after it has been written upon in said register, and said box having means movably. mounted thereon to be extended beneath the severing knife to guide the strip to be stored into said box and to prevent said strip from passing directly under said knife to the exterior of the box.

2. An attachment for a manifolding register having a box-like structure at the delivery end of which a severing knifeis fixed against intentional removal from operative position, said attachment comprising a box adapted to be secured to the delivery end of the register for storing a strip after it has been written upon in said register, and said box having a door at the top thereof for giving access to the interior of the box and the strip stored therein, said door having means movable to a position beneath the severing knife to guide the strip to be stored into said box and to prevent said strip from passing girectly under said knife to the exterior of the ister having a box-like structure at the delivery end of which a severing knife is fixed against intentional removal from operative position, said attachment comprising a box adapted to be secured to the delivery end of the register for storing a strip after it has been written uponin said register, and said box having adoor at the top thereof for giving access to the interior of the box and the strip stored therein, said door having means 3. An attachment for a manifolding reg- I extending beneath the severing knife to guide the strip to be stored into said box and to prevent said strip from passing directly under said knife to the exterior of the box, said door being hinged at its forward end on the box and having a hinge joint between the first-named hinge and the means extending beneath the severing knife to permit the lastmentioned means to be slid under the fixed knife while the door is bein closed.

CARL WILLIKM BRENN. 

